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What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tipshttp://www.theguardian.com/stage/theatreblog/2011/apr/15/lyn-gardner-what-to-see
With Easter approaching, Michael Sheen's return to Wales for a three-day performance of The Passion takes centre stage<p>Things are quietening down a little in the run-up to Easter, particularly out of London, but the big news this week is <a href="http://nationaltheatrewales.org/whatson/performance/ntw13" title="National Theatre Waless The Passion">National Theatre Wales's The Passion</a>, a three-day event which takes place all over Port Talbot, and the <a href="http://www.spillfestival.co.uk/" title="Spill Festival">Spill festival</a> of performance and live art at the Barbican. The latter includes a piece by Romeo Castellucci, although not the one originally announced – The Minister's Black Veil (not apparently ready yet) has been replaced by <a href="http://www.spillfestival.co.uk/on-the-concept-of-the-face/" title="On the Concept of the Face, Regarding the Son of God">On the Concept of the Face, Regarding the Son of God</a>.</p><p>So let's begin this week's round-up in Wales, where landscape theatre specialists <a href="http://www.wildworks.biz/" title="Wildworks">Wildworks</a> are collaborating with Michael Sheen to create an epic piece of storytelling that takes place at various sites around the town and includes a Last Supper in a working men's club. It begins on Good Friday at 3pm on Aberavon beach and ends with the crucifixion as dusk falls on Easter Sunday. Most events are free, but buying armbands promises a better view. Still in Wales, Ian Rowlands' play <a href="http://www.chapter.org/21938.html" title="Desire Lines">Desire Lines</a> continues at Chapter in Cardiff.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/stage/theatreblog/2011/apr/15/lyn-gardner-what-to-see">Continue reading...</a>TheatreStageCultureCentral listingsLondon listingsScotland and Ireland listingsNorth listingsSouth listingsFri, 15 Apr 2011 17:06:38 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/stage/theatreblog/2011/apr/15/lyn-gardner-what-to-seeGareth Phillips/Gareth PhillipsMichael Sheen is back in his home town of Port Talbot to lead an epic revival of The Passion. Photograph: Gareth PhillipsGareth Phillips/Gareth PhillipsMichael Sheen is back in his home town of Port Talbot to lead an epic revival of The Passion. Photograph: Gareth PhillipsLyn Gardner2011-04-15T17:06:38ZWhat to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tipshttp://www.theguardian.com/stage/theatreblog/2011/apr/08/lyn-gardner-theatre-tips
Drama is breaking out all over Britain as spring hits, but get it while you can – there's a lull for Easter and the royal wedding<p>Let's begin in the middle of the country, where tonight you can catch Theatre Alibi's very enjoyable touring show about artistic responsibility, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/mar/03/gouchers-war-review" title="Gouchers War">Goucher's War</a>. It's at the <a href="http://www.thepublic.com/events/all" title="Public">Public</a> in West Bromwich. Or tomorrow you could head to <a href="http://www.macarts.co.uk/" title="MAC">MAC</a> in Birmingham for Plasticine Men's <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/aug/12/keepers-edinburgh-review" title="Plasticine Mens Keepers">Keepers</a>, a delicate physical theatre comitragedy. Both are lovely pieces of work. Rattigan's <a href="http://www.royalandderngate.co.uk/en/Home/WhatsOn/InPraiseofLove" title="In Praise of Love">In Praise of Love</a> is at the Royal and Derngatein Northampton, and over in Stratford Greg Doran has turned detective for <a href="http://www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on/cardenio/" title="Cardenio">Cardenio</a>, inspired by Shakespeare and Fletcher's lost play, in turn based on Don Quixote. Alistair McGowan plays the university professor accused of sexual harassment in David Mamet's <a href="http://www.lakesidearts.org.uk/Drama/ViewEvent.html?e=1788&amp;c=4&amp;d=0" title="Oleanna">Oleanna</a> at the Lakeside in Nottingham, a play that often divides audiences by gender.</p><p>Further north, you shouldn't miss Tim Crouch's brilliant piece about conceptual art and bloody-mindedness, <a href="http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/arts/performance_my_arm_310810.htm" title="My Arm">My Arm</a>, which is at Northern Ballet for one night only on Monday. David Thacker's highly praised Arthur Miller revival <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2011/mar/17/the-price-david-thacker-review" title="The Price">The Price</a> moves to the Stephen Joseph in Scarborough (and from there to Hull Truck) to make way for <a href="http://www.octagonbolton.co.uk/page/143/Whats-On" title="The Demolition Man">The Demolition Man</a>, the story of steeplejack Fred Dibnah, a local hero. In Keswick, there's another Miller revival at the <a href="http://www.theatrebythelake.co.uk/whatson_detail.asp?ID=897" title="Theatre by the Lake">Theatre by the Lake</a>, which is staging A View from the Bridge – this year's most popular Miller play, which can also be caught at the <a href="http://www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/" title="Mercury">Mercury</a> in Colchester from the end of next week. If you want a glimpse of the future, you should also head to Scarborough for this years <a href="http://www.nsdf.org.uk/cms2/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&amp;cntnt01articleid=43&amp;cntnt01returnid=198" title="National Student Drama Festival">National Student Drama festival</a>, which starts tomorrow.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/stage/theatreblog/2011/apr/08/lyn-gardner-theatre-tips">Continue reading...</a>TheatreStageCultureCentral listingsLondon listingsNorth listingsScotland and Ireland listingsSouth listingsFri, 08 Apr 2011 16:53:45 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/stage/theatreblog/2011/apr/08/lyn-gardner-theatre-tipsMurdo MacLeodGirl X cast member and co-writer Robert Softley, right, who has cerebral palsy, jokes with director Pol Heyvaert during rehearsals. Photograph: Murdo MacLeodMurdo MacLeodGirl X cast member and co-writer Robert Softley, who has cerebral palsy, jokes with director Pol Heyvaert during rehearsals. Photograph: Murdo MacLeodLyn Gardner2011-04-08T16:53:45Z10 of the best . . . independent cinemashttp://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2010/jan/22/10-best-independent-cinemas
The lowdown on the best independent cinemas in Britain <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2010/jan/22/10-best-independent-cinemas">Continue reading...</a>FilmCultureLife and styleCentral listingsLondon listingsNorth listingsScotland and Ireland listingsSouth listingsRestaurantsFri, 22 Jan 2010 00:05:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2010/jan/22/10-best-independent-cinemasPR company handoutThe Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle Photograph: PR company handoutAnna Tims2010-01-22T00:05:00ZNighttime events around the UK in 2009http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/01/nighttime-events-uk-2009
For further proof that the earlier evenings need not be a reason to despair, take a look at what's scheduled for the rest of 2009<p><strong>Enchanted Forest, Pitlochry,&nbsp;Perthshire</strong></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/01/nighttime-events-uk-2009">Continue reading...</a>FamilyLife and styleCentral listingsLondon listingsNorth listingsScotland and Ireland listingsSouth listingsCultureFestivalsMuseumsChristmasCyclingSun, 01 Nov 2009 12:05:06 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/01/nighttime-events-uk-2009Guardian Staff2009-11-01T12:05:06ZThis week's theatre previewshttp://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/oct/31/theatre-previews-the-guide
<p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/oct/31/theatre-previews-the-guide">Continue reading...</a>TheatreStageCultureAlan BennettJohn OsborneCentral listingsLondon listingsNorth listingsSouth listingsSat, 31 Oct 2009 00:06:23 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/oct/31/theatre-previews-the-guidePhil TragenThe bottom, you've reached it... Tough Time, Nice Time. Photograph: Phil TragenPhil TragenThe bottom, you've reached it... Tough Time, Nice Time. Photograph: Phil TragenLyn Gardner &amp; Mark Cook2009-10-31T00:06:23ZThis week's events previewshttp://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/oct/31/events-previews-the-guide
<p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/oct/31/events-previews-the-guide">Continue reading...</a>CultureTravelLondon listingsNorth listingsScotland and Ireland listingsSouth listingsSat, 31 Oct 2009 00:05:50 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/oct/31/events-previews-the-guidePublic DomainHaircut by primary school children anyone... Wunderbar FestivalPublic DomainHaircut by primary school children anyone... Wunderbar Festival Photograph: Public DomainJessica Bateman, Iain Aitch &amp; Teri Grenert2009-10-31T00:05:50ZThis week's film events previewshttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/oct/31/film-festival-previews-the-guide
<p></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/oct/31/film-festival-previews-the-guide">Continue reading...</a>FilmCultureSouth listingsNorth listingsLondon listingsSat, 31 Oct 2009 00:05:04 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/oct/31/film-festival-previews-the-guidePublic DomainLove Child showing at Filmstock, Luton.Public DomainLove Child showing at Filmstock, Luton.Andrea Hubert &amp; Phelim O'Neill2009-10-31T00:05:04ZThis week's exhibitions previewshttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/oct/30/art-exhibitions-previews-the-guide
<p>A CCTV camera guards a vacated artist's studio. You see all the preciously accumulated clutter of the lone creative struggle: a scrapbook mosaic of art historical prompts, a reproduction of a Manet painting, a moody mugshot of Johnny Cash, a Roy Lichtenstein shotgun, snaps of zoo animals. Then, just gradually, as if you are half imagining it, one of the pics comes to animated life. The video, titled Studio Monkey, is Andrew Bracey imagining the creative ingredients he has accrued coming to artistic life in his absence. Similar little mischievous conceits of animation enliven all his works here.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/oct/30/art-exhibitions-previews-the-guide">Continue reading...</a>ArtExhibitionsArt and designCultureCentral listingsLondon listingsNorth listingsSouth listingsSusan PhilipszSat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/oct/30/art-exhibitions-previews-the-guidePublic DomainStill from the video Studio Monkey by Andrew BraceyPublic DomainStill from the video Studio Monkey by Andrew BraceyJessica Lack &amp; Robert Clark2009-10-31T00:00:00ZExhibition preview: Bethan Huws, Margatehttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/sep/26/bethan-huws-stour-valley-margate
<p>Surprisingly for an artist who represented Wales at the Venice Biennale in 2003, and who has created public art commissions, Bethan Huws is relatively unknown in Britain, perhaps due to her move to Paris in 1991. Her practice is incredibly diverse, from conceptual artworks to bucolic watercolours. This summer she was commissioned by Turner Contemporary and Stour Valley Arts to create a work about Margate. Her response is a magical film set in the town's Winter Gardens, showing in King's Wood, and two text works inspired by TS Eliot's 1922 poem The Waste Land, which the poet composed while recuperating from an illness in the town.</p><p><em>Stour Valley Arts, Sat &amp; Sun; Margate Seafront, to 6 Dec</em></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/sep/26/bethan-huws-stour-valley-margate">Continue reading...</a>ArtExhibitionsArt and designSouth listingsCultureFri, 25 Sep 2009 23:07:53 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/sep/26/bethan-huws-stour-valley-margateJessica Lack2009-09-25T23:07:53ZEvent preview: UK Air Guitar Championships, Brightonhttp://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/sep/26/uk-air-guitar-championships-brighton
<p>Air guitar is not a sport for the shy Smiths acolyte or Torvill and Dean fans. It might use the same old-school 6.0 score system as figure skating as well as spandex and Lycra costumes, but this is a sport fuelled by testosterone and the heavy rock of its 60s origins. Joe Cocker's 1969 Woodstock appearance made him the honorary godfather, so it should be no surprise to those new to the former joke-turned-global phenomenon that rock star presence will be as important at Tuesday's UK final as stage presence and, um, &quot;airness&quot;. Careful with that axe, Eugene.</p><p>• Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Tue, visit <a href="http://www.ukairguitar.com">ukairguitar.com</a></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/sep/26/uk-air-guitar-championships-brighton">Continue reading...</a>CultureSouth listingsBrightonFri, 25 Sep 2009 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/sep/26/uk-air-guitar-championships-brightonKatrina Dixon2009-09-25T23:01:00ZComedy preview: Rich Hall, on tourhttp://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/sep/26/rich-hall-tour
<p>Despite maintaining some of the bluff, plain-speaking characteristics of an American deep south man, Hall has been a pretty well-integrated (and much-loved) part of the British comedy landscape for several years. On top of regular appearances on TV and radio he maintains a busy gigging schedule (both as himself and as his redneck singer-songwriter alter ego Otis Lee Crenshaw), suggesting that several decades in the trade hasn't dulled his passion for stirring up the crowd. While his political and observational material is, invariably, forensically precise and painfully on-the-nose, some of Hall's best material comes when he gets dragged off course by the crowd, using his pure-bred stand-up skills to carry him through improbably seamless digressions.</p><p>• Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield, Sat; De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, Thu; Harlow Playhouse, Fri</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/sep/26/rich-hall-tour">Continue reading...</a>ComedyStageSouth listingsNorth listingsCultureRich HallFri, 25 Sep 2009 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/sep/26/rich-hall-tourJames Kettle2009-09-25T23:01:00ZOut &amp; about: 26 September 2009http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/sep/26/national-event-listings
<p><strong>Saturday, London</strong></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/sep/26/national-event-listings">Continue reading...</a>CultureLondon listingsSouth listingsCentral listingsNorth listingsFri, 25 Sep 2009 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/sep/26/national-event-listingsGuardian Staff2009-09-25T23:01:00ZTheatre preview: 6 Characters In Search Of An Author, Bristolhttp://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/sep/26/six-characters-search-author-bristol
<p>With an excellent Winter's Tale already out on the road and Enron at the Royal Court, Headlong is having a busy autumn and, in the case of this company, quantity doesn't mean a drop in quality. Here's a chance to see one that Rupert Goold made earlier, a revival of Luigi Pirandello's strange shifting masterpiece first seen at Chichester in 2008 which then went into the West End. Jack Shepherd and Catherine McCormack lead the cast in a version of this 1921 experimental classic updated to chime with our own era of reality TV. The six strangers of Pirandello's original arrive not in a theatre but in the editing suite where a documentary film is in post-production. Here the film-maker agrees to film their story. Soon fiction and reality are frighteningly blurred. It's a strong production for BOV which is buzzing and has an enviable season of work. </p><p>• Bristol Old Vic, Sat to 10 Oct</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/sep/26/six-characters-search-author-bristol">Continue reading...</a>TheatreStageSouth listingsCultureFri, 25 Sep 2009 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/sep/26/six-characters-search-author-bristolLyn Gardner2009-09-25T23:01:00ZTheatre preview: My Mother Said I Never Should, Watfordhttp://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/sep/26/mother-never-said-should-watford
<p>Charlotte Keatley's 1987 play has endured, even becoming a GCSE set text. It's no surprise because it is a moving and touching examination of the relationships between mothers and daughters past and present, and the family secrets that are passed down through the generations. In this case, four generations, beginning when Doris, born in 1900, gives birth to a daughter who herself marries and gives birth during the 1950s to a daughter who becomes part of 1970s art-school hippiedom. The last piece in the family jigsaw is Rosie. It is a play about how the world changes and people move on but how feelings remain the same, and of lives shaped not just by world history but family histories too. Most of all it is a celebration of the strength of women and the traumas and blessings of domestic life. </p><p>• Watford Palace Theatre, to 17 Oct</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/sep/26/mother-never-said-should-watford">Continue reading...</a>TheatreStageSouth listingsCultureFri, 25 Sep 2009 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/sep/26/mother-never-said-should-watfordLyn Gardner2009-09-25T23:01:00ZFilm preview: Branchage Festival, Jerseyhttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/sep/26/branchage-festival-jersey
<p>If the prospect of watching the Wizard of Oz at a pop-up drive-in cinema doesn't send you into raptures of delight and childish excitement, you're probably not going to make the journey to Jersey for this enchanting festival (and you probably have no soul). But those who appreciate the symbiotic relationship between film and ambience will be richly rewarded. This eclectic cross-arts festival creates cinemas out of just about anything, (except cinemas), such as castle ruins, war tunnels and abandoned shacks, then matches them with equally leftfield films. So if watching fairytale animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger's work to the equally eerie sounds of Sigur R&oacute;s collaborators Amiina excites you, this is the festival worth crossing waters for. Other highlights include Lindsay Anderson's If... screened in a public boys' school chapel, and a live, original score to the famed 1934 fishing docudrama Man Of Aran by British Sea Power.</p><p>• Various venues, Thu to 4 Oct, visit <a href="http://www.branchagefestival.com">branchagefestival.com</a></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/sep/26/branchage-festival-jersey">Continue reading...</a>FilmSouth listingsCultureFri, 25 Sep 2009 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/sep/26/branchage-festival-jerseyAndrea Hubert2009-09-25T23:01:00ZJazz preview: Ken Peplowski/Alan Barnes, on tourhttp://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/26/ken-peplowski-alan-barnes-tour
<p>Clarinettist and saxophonist Ken Peplowski learned how to improvise as a child in a Polish polka band in Cleveland, Ohio, not in a jazz basement in Chicago or New York. Maybe the experience sharpened both his musical reactions and his sense of humour, because Peplowski has been one of the most popular jazz-playing entertainers on the mainstream-to-bebop circuit for more than three decades. He learned to play clarinet in the richly melodic style of Benny Goodman and the veteran Goodman even hired his young clarinet heir when he came out of retirement to tour in 1984. Peplowski has played on Woody Allen movie soundtracks, on recordings with Peggy Lee and many more. This tour's pairing with British multi-reeds star Alan Barnes joins not only two jazz virtuosos, but two consummate deadpan wits as well.</p><p>• Pinner Parish Church, Harrow, Sat; Pizza Express Jazz Club, W1, Tue; The Y, Leicester, Wed</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/26/ken-peplowski-alan-barnes-tour">Continue reading...</a>JazzMusicCentral listingsSouth listingsCultureFri, 25 Sep 2009 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/26/ken-peplowski-alan-barnes-tourJohn Fordham2009-09-25T23:01:00ZPop preview: Jamie T, on tourhttp://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/26/jamie-t-tour
<p>It's tempting to see the state of British MCs in terms of some low-rent 1980s mobster film, a turf battle for the title of &quot;king of the streets&quot;. After a long time spent as top dog, now that he's retreated from &quot;real life&quot; subjects, Mike Skinner's crown has slipped. Rather than, say, once-tipped artists such as Plan B or Example, the coming man would have to be Jamie T: still yet to write anything with the kind of appeal of Dry Your Eyes but, realistically, probably not that far off. It's an impression that's reinforced by his new album, Kings &amp; Queens. While a far more streamlined and easy-on-the-ear affair than his debut, Jamie T's subjects remain unflinchingly edgy. From drugs to patricide, it all feels a bit more like a pirate radio station than BBC Radio 1. In among it all, however, the MC's gallows humour occasionally offers some light relief. </p><p>• O2 Academy Bristol, Thu; Guildhall, Southampton, Fri</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/26/jamie-t-tour">Continue reading...</a>Jamie TPop and rockMusicCentral listingsSouth listingsCultureIndieFri, 25 Sep 2009 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/26/jamie-t-tourJohn Robinson2009-09-25T23:01:00ZComedy preview: Vincent Dance Theatre: If We Go On, Newburyhttp://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/sep/26/vincent-dance-theatre-newbury
<p>Charlotte Vincent's latest work could have been inspired by Samuel Beckett and the closing words of his novel The Unnamable: &quot;You must go on, I can't go, I'll go on.&quot; Vincent's cast of actors, dancers and musicians explore what it feels like to be waiting in the wings - of the theatre and of life - with only the basics of movement, words or song to entertain their audience and make sense of their existence. A list of collaborators drawn from the cutting edge of European performance include Wendy Houstoun, Patrycja Kujawska, Aurora Lubos, Alex Catona and Henry Montes. They ask who they are when they perform, and what gives them the confidence to do it, with surprises at every turn, from sudden exits to spontaneous bursts of song.</p><p>• Corn Exchange, Fri</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/sep/26/vincent-dance-theatre-newbury">Continue reading...</a>DanceStageSouth listingsCultureFri, 25 Sep 2009 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/sep/26/vincent-dance-theatre-newburyJudith Mackrell2009-09-25T23:01:00ZFilm preview: Howe Gelb, London, Bristol, Nottinghamhttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/sep/19/howe-gelb-london-bristol-nottingham
ICA, SE1, Wed; Bristol Watershed, Thu; Nottingham Broadway, Fri<p>Before the term &quot;alt-country&quot; was even coined, Tuscon-bred troubadour Howe Gelb was embarking on a career that has so far yielded over three dozen albums - from his legendary band Giant Sand to his current solo career. The guy deserves some kind of medal, but instead, just as deservedly, he gets a documentary. Occasional PJ Harvey collaborator Maria Mochnacz filmed Gelb's most recent, unusual and uplifting collaboration with the Canadian Voices of Praise gospel choir, and they're promoting the movie the only way Gelb knows: by bringing it to the people. These evenings consist of the movie, a Q&amp;A with Gelb and Mochnacz and, of course, a few songs.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/sep/19/howe-gelb-london-bristol-nottingham">Continue reading...</a>FilmPop and rockMusicLondon listingsCentral listingsSouth listingsCultureFri, 18 Sep 2009 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/sep/19/howe-gelb-london-bristol-nottinghamPhelim O'Neill2009-09-18T23:01:00ZPop preview: The Cribs, on tourhttp://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/19/cribs-tour-preview
<p>The Cribs' story sounds like a pop fan's fantasy come true: one day, you're in a stout indie group, the next, former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr is in your band. Always well-connected and popular among their peers - Franz's Alex Kapranos produced their last album; Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo appeared on it - a one-off collaboration, and a shared adopted hometown (Portland, Oregon) laid the groundwork for Marr's entry. The appropriate phrase for new LP Ignore The Ignorant is probably &quot;special relationship&quot;, with Marr providing his trademark silky skills to the Jarman brothers' songs. The result? Like a rough diamond, on its way to being polished up.</p><p>• White Air, Brighton, Sat; Academy, Dublin, Mon; Mandela Hall, Belfast, Tue; UEA, Norwich, Thu; Junction, Cambridge, Fri</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/19/cribs-tour-preview">Continue reading...</a>CribsPop and rockMusicSouth listingsScotland and Ireland listingsCentral listingsCultureIndieBelfastFri, 18 Sep 2009 23:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/sep/19/cribs-tour-previewJohn Robinson2009-09-18T23:01:00Z